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once. b see (something) through. persevere, persist, manage,
survive, last, ride out, Colloq stick out: Once you start on
something, I wish you'd see it through. c see (someone)
through. provide with help or aid or assistance, help, aid,
assist, last: We'll give you enough money to see you through.
15 see to. See 12(a), above.
seed n. 1 grain, spore, kernel, pit, tuber, bulb, corm, Technical
ovum, ovule, embryo, egg, germ: Add water and the seeds will
soon germinate. 2 origin, source, cause, root, provocation,
reason, basis, grounds; motive, motivation, motivating factor:
The seeds of suspicion were sown by the continuous police
presence in the neighbourhood. 3 offspring, children, progeny,
young, issue, descendants, heirs, successors: Yea, and verily I
say unto you that his seed shall populate the earth. 4 go or run
to seed. run down, become dilapidated or worn out or shabby,
decay, go downhill, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, go to rack
and ruin, Colloq go to pot: If he doesn't start to look after
it, the entire place will go to seed.
--v. 5 scatter, sow, distribute: Don't walk on the freshly
seeded lawn.
seedy adj. 1 shabby, dilapidated, worn (out), decayed, deteriorated,
run-down, broken-down, mangy, grubby, decaying, tatty, scruffy,
squalid, sleazy, Colloq ratty: They live in a seedy little
shack on the other side of town. 2 tired, weary, wearied,
run-down, worn out, unwell, out of sorts, ailing, ill, sickly,
Colloq poorly, under the weather, off one's feed: I begged off
at dinner time because I was feeling a bit seedy.
seeing conjunction. in view of (the fact that), whereas, in (the)
light of, inasmuch as, since, considering: Seeing that you are
here, you might as well tell her yourself.
seek v. 1 look (for), search (for), hunt (for), go or be after,
quest after, pursue: They are seeking a really good site for a
grand luxury hotel. Seek and ye shall find. 2 hope, aim,
aspire, try, essay, endeavour, undertake: They are seeking to
recruit members for the new party. 3 ask for, request, beg,
solicit, invite; demand: He sought her help and she refused
him.